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doi: 10.1597/05-083
The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal: Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 95–97.

Cleft Palate and Keratoconus in a Child Affected by Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: An Accidental Association?

Stefano Pensiero, M.D.
Francesco Manna, M.D.
Paola Michieletto, M.D.
Paolo Perissutti, M.D.

Drs. Pensiero and Perissutti are with SC Oculistica, IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo” di Trieste, Italy. Dr. Manna is with the SC Stomatologia e Chirurgia Maxillo-facciale, IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo” di Trieste, Italy. Dr. Michieletto is with Clinica Oculistica, Università di Udine, Italy

Submitted May 2005; Accepted February 2006.

This report describes the case of a 9-year-old girl affected by fetal alcohol syndrome who presented at birth with blepharophimosis and a cleft palate, which was submitted to surgery. She was referred to our hospital for a visual acuity reduction, where a diagnosis of keratoconus was made. This case highlights the rarity of the association between fetal alcohol syndrome and cleft palate and the previously unreported association involving fetal alcohol syndrome–keratoconus and cleft palate–keratoconus.

KEY WORDS:cleft palate, fetal alcohol syndrome, keratoconus


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